Beggars before the House of Bread

Micah Chapter 6

"Oh My people, what have I done you? And how have I wearied you?" (3)

Reading this just tears me up inside, all the grief and sorrow we endure, whether as Christians or otherwise, was never God's intention. God put us in a world where "the nursing child shall play by the cobra's hole...they shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain." (Isaiah 11:8-9).
This world is the consequence of sin, but in a time when every shameful desire of our flesh is glorified, it is very easy to forget how filthy our souls would be without the blood of Christ by which "old things pass away." (2 Corinthians 5:17).

"With what shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself before the High God? Shall I come before Him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old? Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams or ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?" (6-7)

How completely different my carnal mind is from God! As if anything we can give God, or any amount of suffering would please Him! It's like we are trying to buy an island with pennies! God isn't keeping score with us, it's a battle we can never win. What does God really want?....

"What does the Lord require of you, but to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with the Lord your God?" (8)

This is the heart of worship. I need to keep trusting, instead of just trying. In the name of Yeshua, I pray this congregation clings to the love of Christ alone, with hearts overflowing with a desire to preach the good news. There is an expression that we are just "one beggar leading another to where the bread is", and that sums it up beautifully. We are all so weak in our common need for God's every mercy, and I wouldn't want it any other way. ;) Keep praying and spreading the Word, it is never in vain!